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ARE, Sweden (March 8) – Olympic gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, CO) won her fourth Audi FIS Alpine World Cup slalom of the season to mathematically clinch a second straight World Cup title in the discipline. The stunning victory earned the 18-year-old a space in history as the youngest woman to reach eight World Cup slalom wins. ) »

Reigning Flachau Night Slalom champion Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, CO) powered to a .90 second first run lead then cruised to a strong victory Tuesday in the resort south of Salzburg. Shiffrin took the title with a .83 second margin over a hard-charging Frida Hansdotter of Sweden in front of 20,000 screaming Austrian fans as wet snow fell throughout the final run. »

LIENZ, Austria (Dec. 29) – World Champion Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, CO) returned to the site of her first Audi FIS Alpine World Cup podium to earn the 12th top-three finish of her young career with second in the Lienz slalom. Leading after the first run despite light rain, Shiffrin couldn’t hold her lead in the foggy and rutted final as Austrian Marlies Schild earned the historic 3... »

CloudGate Aerial Cinematography, a company based out of Greeley, Colo., spent last Friday (Nov. 15) testing out a state-of-the-art quadrotor drone helicopter while numerous national and junior teams trained at Loveland Ski Area in Georgetown, Colo. The resulting footage is alpine race training from a unique perspective, one most have likely never seen before. Watch the footage below! »

There was a lot of talk going around this pre-season about Mikaela Shiffrin, that she wasn’t going to be able to get the results as she did last year. Saying its beginners luck or she just happens to be at the right place at the right time. Shiffrin did not listen, and here is a video to prove it. Watch as Mikaela Shiffrin destroys the competition at the World Cup Slalom opener in Levi, Finl... »

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